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Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Wednesday urged political parties in the country to aside their differences and work towards addressing the security challenges bedevilling the…

The Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi has said that the shipyard…

Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) not to contemplate closing down schools in protest…

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has urged Nigerians to imbibe the habit of proper disposal of refuse and clearing of drains to reduce…

The warring factions of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Warri Depot yesterday resolved to work together in the…

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has inaugurated a 21-man Peace Committee that would interface between the host community, Ugborodo and the Federal…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi (Right), addressing a cross section of Pensioners shortly after an interactive session with them,…

Unknown gunmen, Wednesday, stormed Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing four people. The attackers, numbering about 20,…

A 10-year-old poet, Chukwuemeka Obi-Obasi has been rewarded with N6 million scholarship by the federal government for rare display of…

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Thursday that the war against terrorism in Nigeria would…

Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates…

No fewer than 14 persons on Thursday lost their lives in an auto crash on the Benin-Okene Highway. NAN reports…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday vowed “total war against terrorism” following last month’s mass abduction of schoolgirls by Boko Haram Islamists amid news of attacks in three border villages that claimed 35 lives. Jonathan said in an address…

Boko Haram gunmen killed 35 people in attacks on three villages in Nigeria’s restive northeast Borno state near the border with Cameroon, a military source and residents said Thursday. Dozens of Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform stormed…

VICE-President NAMADI SAMBO (R), IN A HANDSHAKE WITH THE CHAIRMAN, TANSMMISSION COMPANTY OF NIGERIA (TCN), MR Ibrahim WAZIRI, AT A…

Senator representing kwara Central in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Thursday denied media reports…

Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State on Wednesday distributed 28 units of Toyota Land Cruiser Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV) to second…

Authorities have said residents knew about the explosion that rocked Kurudu, a Satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) along…

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has dispelled rumors of a bomb blast in Kurudu, a suburb of Abuja.…

Thirty-six former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC),…